[RFI] VDSL (very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line)

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

Ed,

A buyer usually knows if the house is a member of a HOA. If one is worried about restrictions he/she should not buy the property.

I think the numbers of active Hams is shrinking because the younger generation is not entranced by the hobby.

Mike N2MS

----- Original Message -----
From: Ed K0iL <eddieedwards at centurylink.net>
To: 'Rob Atkinson' <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>, rfi at contesting.com
Sent: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 01:27:02 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [RFI] VDSL (very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line)

Rob, 

I agree with you 100%!  We all need to keep operating or we will eventually
lose our privileges and our bands.  

The mindset our society is moving toward is minority group rights trump the
majority individual (property) rights.  Don't like what your neighbor is
doing on his property?  Form a Home Owners Association and run him out.
Over the last 30 years they have perfected this by putting HOA contracts
place before the first houses are even sold.  

Our numbers of active HF operators continues to shrink and the average age
of licensed hams continues to climb mostly because of limitations on their
homes blocking activity.  Nearly all the people I've recruited to get a ham
license in last 20 years have never operated HF from their home because they
live in restrictive neighborhoods.  

With property rights becoming a thing of the past, it's only going to get
worse if we don't operate on the air.

73, de ed -K0iL